Scientists find new way to predict severe COVID-19
Most research on immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 vaccine development has focused on antibody responses to the spike protein and other viral...
Newly diagnosed diabetes in people with COVID-19 may be just short-term
Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital found many COVID-19 patients newly diagnosed with diabetes during hospital admission may in fact have a temporary form of...
COVID-19 may be linked to thyroid diseases
Scientists from London Medical Laboratory found that there is a direct link between SARS-CoV-2 and abnormal thyroid function.
They found two factors may be at...
Your BMI is linked to death and longer ICU stay for COVID
Scientists from the University of Gothenburg found in patients with COVID-19, a high body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of...
COVID vaccines are safe for people with heart disease
Scientists from The University of Hong Kong found that COVID-19 vaccination is not linked to an increased risk of heart attack or stroke in...
Vaccination and previous infection may not effectively stop newer COVID-19 subvariants
Scientists from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center found that newer COVID-19 subvariants are less vulnerable to immunity induced by vaccination and previous infection.
The research...
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 20 million deaths worldwide
Scientists from Imperial College London found that COVID-19 vaccines reduced the potential global death toll during the pandemic by more than half in the...
A third vaccine dose may increase protection from omicron
The mRNA vaccines used against COVID were never designed to battle the omicron variant, a now dominant strain of the coronavirus that recently claimed...
A how-to guide to the latest COVID therapies
More than two years after COVID-19 became a household term, the drugs to treat it are still quite new and often hard to come...
This drug for Parkinson’s disease may help treat COVID-19
Scientists from the University of New Hampshire found that using an already existing drug compound in a new way, known as drug repurposing, could...